[Freeciv-Dev] [Fwd: Re: Wishlist: Stockpile gold (PR#401)]

[Luke Reeves <luke949@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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To:	Luke Reeves <luke949@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Re: Wishlist: Stockpile gold (PR#401)
From:	Cameron Morland <cjmorlan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Wed, 21 Jun 2000 17:37:08 -0500 (EST)
Reply-to:	Cameron Morland <cjmorland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Luke Reeves wrote:

> Tomasz Wegrzanowski wrote:
> > Loose of 50% !!! of gold would make everyone use unconvenient methods
> > of build-and-sell. It's much better to simply change Capitalization's
> > requirement to Trade/Currency/None, at least in freeciv mode.
> 
> Okay, 50% is a bit much.  Does anyone think it would unbalance the game
> to allow Capitalization from the beginning?

It costs me 40 shields to build a barracks, and I get 40 gold by selling
it. This means that no technology is required to (effectively) have
Capitalization; all that is required is patience. (In a game with a short
turn time limit it can be a problem.) Capitalization is effectively
allowed from the beginning.

I used to do this with city walls in payciv all the time.

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